093_HB2549eng HB2549 Engrossed LRB093 04470 SJM 08094 b 1 AN ACT concerning mosquito abatement. 2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, 3 represented in the General Assembly: 4 Section 5. The Mosquito Abatement District Act is 5 amended by changing Section 1 as follows: 6 (70 ILCS 1005/1) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 74) 7 Sec. 1. Any contiguous territory having a population of 8 not less than 300 inhabitants and no part of which is already 9 included in a mosquito abatement district may be organized as 10 a mosquito abatement district in the following manner: 11 Any 5% of the legal voters within the limits of the 12 proposed mosquito abatement district may petition the circuit 13 court for the county in which such territory lies, to order 14 the question whether such territory shall be organized as a 15 mosquito abatement district under this Act to be submitted to 16 the legal voters of such territory, but every petition must 17shallbe signed by at least 25 legal voters residing within 18 the territory proposed to be organized as a mosquito 19 abatement district, and in case thesuchterritory includes 20 more than one city, village or incorporated town, or any 21 portions thereof, or includes one or more cities, villages or 22 incorporated towns, or any portion thereof and territory not 23 a part of any city, village or incorporated town, then the 24suchpetition must be signed by at least 5% of the legal 25 voters residing in each of thesethe saidcities, villages, 26 or incorporated towns, or portions thereof, and by at least 27 5% of the legal voters residing in the territory not a part 28 of any city, village or incorporated town. Such petition 29 addressed to the court mustshallcontain a definite 30 description of the boundaries of the territory proposed to be 31 organized as a mosquito abatement district, and mustshallHB2549 Engrossed -2- LRB093 04470 SJM 08094 b 1 set forth the name of the proposed district, which name shall 2 be The.... Mosquito Abatement District. 3 (Source: P.A. 81-1489.)